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oystercatcher
noun
oys·ter·catch·er
ˈȯi-stər-ˌka-chər 
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: any of a family (Haematopodidae containing a single genus Haematopus) of wading birds that have stout legs, a heavy wedge-shaped bill, and often black-and-white plumage
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American oystercatchers face several threats to their survival.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 July 2024
After the city’s Emergency Management Department flagged the coastal conflict last month, drone operators, largely drawn from the police and fire department, agreed to fly the devices further from oystercatcher nesting areas.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 12 July 2024
After the city's Emergency Management Department flagged the coastal conflict last month, drone operators, largely drawn from the police and fire departments, agreed to fly the devices farther from oystercatcher nesting areas.
—CBS News, 12 July 2024
The city’s Emergency Management Department, which also flies drones over the beach, flagged the coastal conflict last month to other drone operators in the police and fire department, who agreed to launch the devices further from oystercatcher nesting areas.
—Jake Offenhartz, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 July 2024
Plum Island is home to 227 species of birds, including piping plovers, roseate terns, Northern harriers, ospreys and American oystercatchers, according to Save the Sound’s Envision Plum Island Report.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2024
Their bleating cry is as much the music of these green mountains as the shrill call of the oystercatchers, the Faroes' noisy national bird.
—Tim Ecott, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 May 2023
The trip provided views of the magnificent Chincoteague ponies in a meadow, blue herons soaring above, white egrets keeping a wary eye and oystercatchers poking the sand with their long bills.
—Joe Heim, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
Single, very early common terns were reported in Chatham and Mashpee, and the first American oystercatcher was reported from North Falmouth.
—BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 July 2024
After the city’s Emergency Management Department flagged the coastal conflict last month, drone operators, largely drawn from the police and fire department, agreed to fly the devices further from oystercatcher nesting areas.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 12 July 2024
After the city's Emergency Management Department flagged the coastal conflict last month, drone operators, largely drawn from the police and fire departments, agreed to fly the devices farther from oystercatcher nesting areas.
—CBS News, 12 July 2024
The city’s Emergency Management Department, which also flies drones over the beach, flagged the coastal conflict last month to other drone operators in the police and fire department, who agreed to launch the devices further from oystercatcher nesting areas.
—Jake Offenhartz, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 July 2024
Plum Island is home to 227 species of birds, including piping plovers, roseate terns, Northern harriers, ospreys and American oystercatchers, according to Save the Sound’s Envision Plum Island Report.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2024
Their bleating cry is as much the music of these green mountains as the shrill call of the oystercatchers, the Faroes' noisy national bird.
—Tim Ecott, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 May 2023
The trip provided views of the magnificent Chincoteague ponies in a meadow, blue herons soaring above, white egrets keeping a wary eye and oystercatchers poking the sand with their long bills.
—Joe Heim, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
Single, very early common terns were reported in Chatham and Mashpee, and the first American oystercatcher was reported from North Falmouth.
—BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
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“Oystercatcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oystercatcher. Accessed 30 Jul. 2024.
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